Junior Galette visits Redskins on Thursday

by Michael Vincent | Thu, Jul 30th 1:17pm EDT

Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com reports that Junior Galette is meeting with Redskins officials just five days after getting released by the New Orleans Saints after multiple off-the-field incidents surfaced this offseason. Rosenthal reports that this move "would give the Redskins another pure pass rusher to pair with Ryan Kerrigan, effectively replacing Brian Orakpo. 2014 second round pick Trent Murphy was expected to battle 2015 second rounder Preston Smith for the starting job across from Kerrigan. Galette would surely jump to the front of that depth chart after averaging 11 sacks, 12.5 QB hits and 42.5 hurries the last two seasons according to ProFootballFocus." (Gregg Rosenthal)

Fantasy Impact:

This is only relevant if he signs with Washington, but if he does, the Redskins front seven becomes instantly better. The Redskins' D/ST unit finished 30th out of 32 teams in terms of fantasy points in 2014. Galette and his 10 sacks, ranked 58th among linebackers and 138th overall in IDP would surely help the Redskins defense.

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